27th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120170871 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a method for the apparatuses. A data processing module ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170872 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: an information management unit that manages image information and control information for each image process; an analysis unit that analyzes an input image signal that is input; a first processing unit that performs a first image process on the input image signal based on first control information that is the corresponding control information; and a second processing unit that performs a second image process on an image signal on which the first processing unit has performed an image process based on second control information that is the corresponding control information, wherein the information management unit sets image information that corresponds to the input image signal and the first control information based on an analysis result, updates the image information based on the set first control information, and sets the second control information based on the updated image information and the first control information. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170873 | Utility Pouch Having a Self-Sealing Closure - In one embodiment, a pouch includes a body that defines an interior space of the pouch in which items can be stored, an opening that provides access to the interior space, and a self-sealing closure associated with the opening that prevents that items from failing out of the pouch, the closure being adapted to enable a user to pass a hand through the closure and into the interior space and to automatically seal after the user withdraws the hand. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170874 | ECOLOGICAL PAPER PACKAGING FOR LONG-TERM-INSECTICIDE-TREATED MOSQUITO NETS - The invention relates to a packaging for flexible sheet materials, comprising a bottom layer and a top layer whose edges are superposed, made of flexible, sheet material with a bursting strength of at least 120 kPa, where
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20120170875 | CHECK VALVE AND STORAGE BODY EQUIPPED THEREWITH - The present invention provides a check valve | 2012-07-05 |
20120170876 | GUSSET BAG, SPOUT-ATTACHED GUSSET BAG, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A gusset bag ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170877 | SLIDE RAIL ASSEMBLY - A slide rail apparatus includes an outer rail, an intermediate rail, an inner rail, a latch member slidably mounted to the intermediate rail, and a resilient member. The latch member includes a first abutting post and a second abutting post. When the supporting member supports the first abutting post to keep the latch member at a locking position, the second abutting post of the latch member abuts a stop portion of the intermediate rail, to slide the intermediate rail and the inner rail forward synchronously. When the latch member slides forward to be received in a positioning notch of the outer rail, the resilient member restores to slide the latch member to an unlocking position, where the second abutting post of the latch member disengages from the stop portion, to enable the inner rail to slide out of the intermediate rail. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170878 | SLIDE RAIL - A slide rail includes an outer rail, an intermediate rail, an inner rail, and a plurality of ball brackets with balls. The ball brackets are received between the outer rail and the intermediate rail. The intermediate rail is received between the outer rail and the inner rail. The intermediate rail is slidable relative to the outer rail through the balls. The inner rail slidably contacts the intermediate rail. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170879 | REPOSITORY FOR A LUBRICANT - A repository for a lubricant includes a closed hollow base body for accommodating a lubricant. The base body has an inlet for filling in a lubricant, but no gas outlet. The base body further has expanding means which expand the base body from a compressed non-filled into an expanded filled state by filling the lubricant into the base body. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170880 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE - A density of a bearing sleeve made of a sintered metal is set within a range of from 80% to 95% with respect to a true density, and a Young's modulus of the bearing sleeve is set to be equal to or more than 70 GPa. When the density of the bearing sleeve is increased and also the Young's modulus thereof is set to be equal to or more than 70 GPa in this manner, dimensional variation of an inner peripheral surface of the bearing sleeve can be suppressed to be equal to or less than 0.5 μm when a shaft member having an outer diameter of from 2 mm to 4 mm is to be supported. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170881 | GM AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 700R4 THROUGH 4L70E INCREASE IN INPUT SHAFT BEARING SURFACE AREA ON REAR STATOR BUSHING - The present invention relates generally to the system and method for extending lifetime of automatic transmission, and more specifically to the system and method for extending lifetime of GM 700r4 through 4I70e automatic transmissions input shaft rear stator bearing by increasing the bearing surface area on rear stator bearing. By increasing the durability of the rear stator bearing, the most common failures in the transmission, which are the failure of the input output shaft lubrication seal, rear planetary failure, and the binding and burning of the clutch pack, can be overcome. The present invention increases the rear stator bearing life, the input output shaft oil seal life, the rear planetary life, and the clutch pack life. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170882 | FAN BEARING RETAINING STRUCTURE - A fan bearing retaining structure includes a fan base, a bearing and at least one resilient member. The fan base has a bearing bushing perpendicularly extending from one face of the fan base. The bearing bushing is formed with a bushing bore in which the bearing is disposed. An annular groove is formed on an inner circumference of the bearing bushing. The resilient member is fitted around the outer circumference of the bearing and correspondingly received in the annular groove. The resilient member serves to eliminate the gap between the bearing and the bearing bushing so as to avoid vibration of the bearing. In this case, the fan can operate more stably and the lifetime of the fan can be prolonged. Moreover, the noise can be minified. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170883 | Apparatus and Method for Controlled Release of Lubricant Additives in Bearing and Gear Assemblies - A structure ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170884 | TRIPLE-LIP SEALS FOR BEARINGS AND BEARINGS INCORPORATING THE SAME - Sealing members for bearings and bearings incorporating the same are disclosed. A sealing member for a bearing may have a resilient axial seal extending from an outer diameter of the sealing member and a plurality of resilient sealing lips extending radially from an inner diameter of the sealing member. The sealing member may be utilized in a bearing which includes an inner race having a plurality of sealing grooves formed in an outer diameter of the inner race and an outer race including at least one sealing channel formed in an inner diameter of the outer race. The sealing member may be sealingly engaged with the inner race and the outer race such that the plurality of resilient sealing lips are sealingly engaged with the plurality of sealing grooves of the inner race and the resilient axial seal is sealingly engaged with the sealing channel of the outer race. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170885 | BALL ROLLER BEARING - A roller bearing which has an outer and inner ring and ball rollers arranged between the rings, which roll in two groove-shaped tracks in the outer and inner rings and are held at a uniform distance to one another by a window cage that has two lateral ribs bent around two circumferential flanged edges to the inner ring and interconnected by pocket bridges. The cage pockets of the cage ribs have a hole formed from a cross-sectional contour of a ball roller arranged longitudinally to the circumferential direction and from a free contour incorporated therein and arranged perpendicular to the circumferential direction. The free contour in each cage pocket is expanded to a rectangle and the flange edges of the ribs each have reduced material thickness compared to the other material thickness of the cage by a circumferential, line-shaped burnishing. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170886 | OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An optical fiber communication apparatus includes a laser diode, a light directing member, and an optical fiber. The laser diode is configured for emitting a laser beam along a first direction. The light directing member includes a converging lens portion and a reflecting surface. The converging lens portion is optically aligned with the laser diode and configured for converging the laser beam. The reflecting surface is obliquely oriented relative to a second direction and configured for reflecting the converged laser beam toward. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The optical fiber is oriented along the second direction and configured for receiving the reflected converged laser beam. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170887 | WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES FOR SIGNAL AND/OR POWER TRANSMISSION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A device is described which includes a waveguide structure for signal transmission and power/ground delivery The waveguide structure includes a signal transmission part for transmitting an optical signal from an illuminant device to a detector. The signal transmission part may include transparent polymer, diamond or glass. The signal transmission part is used for a waveguide. The waveguide structure further includes a power/ground delivery part surrounding the signal transmission part. The power/ground delivery part is composed of at least one metal layer. Thus, the waveguide structure can provide an optical-signal transmission with high speed and high volume through the signal transmission part, while a stable power or ground reference can be provided to multiple units through the power/ground delivery part. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170888 | MULTI-CHANNEL ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ROTARY JOINT USING A TRAPEZOIDAL METAMATERIAL DE-ROTATING MECHANISM - A multi-channel electro-magnetic rotary joint has been invented in which one or more electro-magnetic signals can be transmitted simultaneously from a rotating collimator array and a stationary collimator array in air and in other fluids. A metamaterial de-rotating mechanism is positioned in the path between said rotating collimator array and said stationary collimator array, and arranged tier rotation relative to each collimator arrays at a rotary speed equal to one-hall the relative rotational rate between said rotating and stationary collimator arrays. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170889 | Mode Converter - Provided is a mode converter capable of efficiently coupling or emitting light having a single-peaked spot, and has high flexibility of the shape to be easily manufactured. The mode converter is formed of multiple single-mode waveguides optically coupling areas | 2012-07-05 |
20120170890 | Miniature Pluggable Video Module - A miniature pluggable video module having a length less than one inch, and a width less than three quarters of an inch, and a plurality of pin connectors attached to the back of the housing. The pluggable video module can be mounted horizontally or vertically. Inputs and outputs of the module can be adapted to include various types of optical or electrical connectors. The inputs and outputs of the module can be modified into various combinations of optical or electrical configurations, and the combinations of inputs and outputs also can be modified. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170891 | OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTI/DEMULTIPLEXER - An optical wavelength multi/demultiplexer having transmission characteristics with a higher rectangular degree than a conventional one includes an AWG and two-stage lattice circuit. An example of a two-stage lattice circuit according to the present invention includes an input waveguide, a third optical coupler, a third and fourth arm waveguides, a second optical coupler, a first and second arm waveguides, a first optical coupler, and output waveguides. The optical path length differences between the third and fourth arm waveguides and between the first and second arm waveguides are designed to be ΔL. The path passing the third and first arm waveguides differs by 2·ΔL in optical length from that the fourth and second arm waveguides. The paths passing the third and second arm waveguides and passing the fourth and first arm waveguides differ by ΔL from that passing the fourth and second arm waveguides. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170892 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING ASSEMBLY HAVING SAME - An optical fiber connector includes a connector body, a number of optical lenses, and two receiving holes. The connector body includes a first end face. The optical lenses are arranged at the first end face. The receiving holes are defined in the first end face. The optical lenses are located between the receiving holes. The connector body includes a partially conical inner side surface, a first flat inner side surface, and a second flat inner side surface in each receiving hole. The partially conical inner side surface, the first flat inner side surface, and the second flat inner side surface adjoins each other. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170893 | FIBER OPTIC SPLICE HOUSING AND INTEGRAL DRY MATE CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A fiber optic splice housing and integral dry mate connector system. In a described embodiment, a fiber optic connection system includes optical fiber sections in respective conduit sections. Each of the conduit sections is received in the housing assembly. An optical connection between the optical fiber sections is positioned within the housing assembly. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170894 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector includes a number of lensed optical fibers and a body. Each lensed optical fiber includes a core portion, a cladding layer, and an optical lens. The core portion includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The cladding layer wraps around the first end. The optical lens is formed on a distal surface of the second end. The body defines a number of receiving through holes. The lensed optical fibers are inserted in the respective receiving through holes with the optical lenses disposed at openings of the receiving through holes. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170895 | POSITIONING MEANS FOR A FIBRE OPTIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, A FIBRE OPTIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND FIBRE TERMINATION UNIT - The present invention relates to a positioning means for a fibre optic connector assembly, a fibre optic connector assembly and a fibre termination unit comprising the positioning means through which manufacturing tolerances can be absorbed to provide an improved optical interconnection with a high signal transmission rate. The positioning means ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170896 | LC Connector and Method of Assembly - A fiber optic connector includes a front housing having sidewalls each defining a slot and a rear insert with a pair of locking flanges extending radially away, the locking flanges configured to snap-fit into the slots, each locking flange defining a front face and a rear face, the radially outermost portion of the rear face defining an edge, the edge being the rearmost extending portion of the locking flange. Another fiber optic connector includes a front housing defining a front opening at a front end, a circular rear opening at a rear end, and an internal cavity extending therebetween. A rear insert including a generally cylindrical front portion is inserted into the front housing through the circular rear opening, the front portion defining at least one longitudinal flat configured to reduce the overall diameter of the generally cylindrical front portion configured to be inserted into the front housing. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170897 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH OPTICAL TRANSMITTING - A cable assembly includes an insulative housing having a main portion, and a mating portion extending forwardly from the mating portion. An optical device is attached to the housing and has a pair of optical module movable accommodated in the mating portion along a front-to-back direction for optical transmitting. The optical modules each has a seat and a number of lenses supported by the seat. The pair of optical modules are adapted for connecting two corresponding connectors, respectively, and a combination of the pair of the optical modules is also adapted for connecting a single corresponding connector. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170898 | FIBER OPTIC SPLICE HOUSING AND INTEGRAL DRY MATE CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A fiber optic splice housing and integral dry mate connector system. In a described embodiment, a fiber optic connection system includes optical fiber sections in respective conduit sections. Each of the conduit sections is received in the housing assembly. An optical connection between the optical fiber sections is positioned within the housing assembly. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170899 | METHOD FOR REINFORCING A SPLICE PART AND REINFORCING STRUCTURE - There are provided a method for reinforcing a splice part and a reinforcing structure, which enable reinforcement of a splice part of optical fiber cores with sufficient strength. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170900 | Aluminum Alloy Conductor Composite Reinforced for High Voltage Overhead Power Lines - Embodiments of the invention relate to aluminum alloy conductor composite reinforced for high voltage overhead power lines and associated methods of use and manufacture. In one embodiment, a transmission cable can be provided. The transmission cable can include a core including at least one of: a composite core, a plurality of fibers in a matrix of one or more materials, or a set of carbon fibers embedded in an epoxy matrix; and a plurality of wires wrapped around the core, wherein the wires comprise at least one of the following: aluminum 6201 T83 alloy, aluminum 6201 T81 alloy, aluminum 1350-H19 alloy, or a heat resistant aluminum-zirconium alloy; wherein the transmission cable has a low sag characteristic. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170901 | OPTICAL FIBER END PROCESSING METHOD AND OPTICAL FIBER END PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER END - An optical fiber end processing method includes fixing two portions of an optical fiber, heating and fusing the optical fiber between the two fixed portions, to form a first heat fusion region, heating and fusing the optical fiber fixed between the two fixed portions unit while fixing the two fixed portions, moving a heat fusion unit from a side of the first heat fusion region toward a base end side of the optical fiber, and pushing a heat fusion portion of the optical fiber in a direction of shortening a length of the heat fusion portion, to form a second heat fusion region continuous to the first heat fusion region and in which the air holes of the optical fiber disappear; and removing the first heat fusion region by cutting the optical fiber within the second heat fusion region after the second heat fusion forming. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170902 | Inference Engine for Video Analytics Metadata-Based Event Detection and Forensic Search - Embodiments of the disclosure provide for systems and methods for searching video data for events and/or behaviors. An inference engine can be used to aide in the searching. In some embodiments, a user can specify various search criteria, for example, a video source(s), an event(s) or behavior(s) to search, and an action(s) to perform in the event of a successful search. The search can be performed by analyzing an object(s) found within scenes of the video data. An object can be identified by a number of attributes specified by the user. Once the search criteria has been received from the user, the video data can be received (or extracted from storage), the data analyzed for the specified events (or behaviors), and the specified action performed in the event a successful search occurs. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170903 | MULTI-VIDEO RENDERING FOR ENHANCING USER INTERFACE USABILITY AND USER EXPERIENCE - In a user interface a plurality of videos are simultaneously played for the purpose of allowing a user to select the desired video on the basis of a plurality of played frames. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170904 | OPERATION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND OPERATION ASSISTANCE METHOD - An operation assistance apparatus ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170905 | Systems and Methods for Presenting Incident Information - Systems and methods for presenting incident information provided by video devices and electronic weapons. Information may be selected for presentation by a machine or a human operator. Information from video devices and/or electronic weapons may be temporally aligned (e.g., synchronized) for presenting events that occurred in a temporally related manner. Information for aligning may be collected by a server and/or a video device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE BITRATE STREAMING OF MEDIA INCLUDING SUBTITLES - Systems and methods for adaptive bitrate streaming of media including subtitles utilizing Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes requesting and buffering portions of video from at least one of the alternative streams using a playback device, requesting information indicative of a font utilized by a font-rendering engine to render text from a selected subtitle stream, downloading at least one font file when the font is not present on the playback device, requesting and buffering at least a portion of the selected subtitle stream, decoding the buffered portions of video using a decoder on the playback device, rendering the portions of the subtitle stream corresponding to the buffered portion of video using a font-rendering engine configured by the at least one downloaded font file, and performing synchronized playback of the decoded video and rendered subtitles using the playback device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAMING CONTENT TO BLU-RAY DEVICES - A standard Clip Information (“CLPI”) file is pre-defined for use in a Blu-ray environment. The CLPI file is structured to specify a set of parameters that are determined independent of any particular content segment. A content segment is structured to conform to the standard CLPI file, including to the set of parameters. The standard CLPI file is used to stream the content segment to the Blu-ray player. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170908 | VIDEO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The present invention is directed to a technique capable of preventing resources from being wastefully used due to continuous reproduction of video data which cannot be viewed by a user as the video data does not exist in a display range of a window or preventing the user from missing the video data. A CPU of a video transmission apparatus determines whether a reproduction frame of video data during reproduction is within a display range of a window. As a result of the determination, if the reproduction frame is not within the display range, the reproduction of the video data is stopped and a reproduction position is stored. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170909 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE VARIED SPEED REPRODUCTION OF VIDEO IMAGES - A method of reproducing a video image is provided. The method includes reproducing a video image in a three-dimensional (3D) manner, being requested to reproduce the video image at an Nx playback speed (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2), and in response to the request, reproducing the video image at the Nx playback speed. The reproducing of the video image at the Nx playback speed comprises includes reproducing the video image at the Nx playback speed in a two-dimensional (2D) manner. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170910 | RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170911 | PLAY BACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PLAYING BACK 3D VIDEO - The playback apparatus realizes stereoscopic viewing by overlaying planar or stereoscopic graphics over stereoscopic video in a way that reduces eye strain using following method in abstract: A graphics plane holds therein data composed of graphics data. A shift engine shifts, in a case when a composition unit composites the graphics data with a left-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a first horizontal direction, and in a case when the composition unit composites the graphics data with a right-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a second horizontal direction that is opposite to the first direction. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170912 | DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM - The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170913 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECORDING CONTENT - An apparatus determines whether a combination of a certificate type of a content certificate recorded on a source recording medium and a medium type of the source recording medium is a proper combination. If the combination is a proper combination, the apparatus requests a license server, which is connected to the apparatus via a network, to give approval to record content on a target recording medium. If the apparatus is a legitimate DVD recorder, the license server sends to the content recording apparatus a content certificate including on the source recording medium as the certificate type. The apparatus records the content together with the received content certificate on the target recording medium. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170914 | LOGGING EVENTS IN MEDIA FILES - Logging events in a media file, including: providing a logger tool to allow a user to view media in multiple ways and to capture and validate key events within the media file; and tracking and logging events in the media file by adding information to the media file including locations of bars and tone, slates, content, logos, commercial blacks, quality control issues, subtitles, and captions. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170915 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SMOOTH VISUAL SEARCH OF MEDIA ENCODED FOR ADAPTIVE BITRATE STREAMING VIA HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL USING TRICK PLAY STREAMS - Systems and methods for performing smooth visual search of media encoded for adaptive bitrate streaming using trick play streams are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes requesting and buffering portions of video from at least one of the alternative streams using a playback device, decoding the buffered portions of video using a decoder on the playback device, receiving at least one user instruction directing the playback device to perform a visual search of the media, requesting and buffering portions of video from the trick play stream using the playback device, and decoding the buffered portions of the trick play stream using a decoder on the playback device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170916 | PLAY BACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PLAYING BACK 3D VIDEO - The playback apparatus realizes stereoscopic viewing by overlaying planar or stereoscopic graphics over stereoscopic video in a way that reduces eye strain using following method in abstract: A graphics plane holds therein data composed of graphics data. A shift engine shifts, in a case when a composition unit composites the graphics data with a left-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a first horizontal direction, and in a case when the composition unit composites the graphics data with a right-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a second horizontal direction that is opposite to the first direction. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170917 | PLAY BACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PLAYING BACK 3D VIDEO - The playback apparatus realizes stereoscopic viewing by overlaying planar or stereoscopic graphics over stereoscopic video in a way that reduces eye strain using following method in abstract: A graphics plane holds therein data composed of graphics data. A shift engine shifts, in a case when a composition unit composites the graphics data with a left-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a first horizontal direction, and in a case when the composition unit composites the graphics data with a right-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a second horizontal direction that is opposite to the first direction. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170918 | VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD - A video playback device includes a part to acquire a first video data at a first frame rate containing frame sequences each including a frame holding information about a background image and information about a moving object image, and second frames each holding information about position of the moving object image; and a generation part to generate, based on the first video data, a second video data to be played back at a second frame rate, the generation part includes a part to compute, with respect to each two contiguous frames in the first video content, position of a virtual moving object image situated in between two moving object images in the two contiguous frames; and a part to create, with respect to each position of the virtual moving object image, a frame image containing the background image and the motion object image placed in the computed position. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170919 | POSITION CONTROLLER FOR OPTICAL ELEMENT - A position controller for an optical element of an optical system includes a first movable member supported by a support member to be movable relative thereto in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis, a second movable member holding the optical element and supported by the first movable member to be movable relative thereto in a second direction nonparallel to the first direction, an electromagnetic actuator that produces a driving force for moving at least the second movable member in the second direction, and an insertion/removal drive mechanism for moving the second movable member between an anti-shake driving position, where a position control for the second movable member can be performed using the electromagnetic actuator, and a removed position where the second movable member is positioned outside a range of the position control that uses the electromagnetic actuator. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170920 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH A PIEZOELECTRICALLY ACTUATED DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE SHAPED AS A CONTINUOUS CROWN - An optical device with a deformable membrane ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170921 | ZOOM TRACKING CONTROLLER, COMPOUND-EYE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROL BY ZOOM TRACKING CONTROLLER - A zoom tracking controller includes a lens position acquiring unit that acquires the positions of a first zoom lens and a first focus lens, a cam curve storage unit that stores at least one reference cam curve, a normalizing unit that normalizes the acquired first zoom lens position and first focus lens position to a zoom lens position and a focus lens position on one of at least one reference cam curve according to a first cam curve and the reference cam curve, a focused lens position determining unit that determines second zoom lens and second focus lens positions on a second cam curve from the normalized zoom lens and focus lens positions according to the second cam curve and reference cam curve, and a lens controller that respectively moves the second zoom lens and second focus lens to the determined second zoom lens position and second focus lens position. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170922 | AUTOFOCUS CALIBRATION FOR LONG LENSES - A method for calibrating a focus point for a camera lens may include capturing a reflection of a focus point measuring device that is affixed to the camera. The method may include evaluating a captured image of the reflection to measure a calibration amount for a focus point, and adjusting a focus point of a lens of the camera by the calibration amount. The focus point measuring device may include a substantially planar target surface defining a plane, and a ruled target surface inclined at substantially 45° to the substantially planar target and extending through the plane thereof, marked to indicate respective distances in front of and behind the plane. The device may further include a fixture for holding the substantially planar target surface and the ruled target surface in a defined orientation to the camera, enabling performance of the method. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170923 | Camera module and method for manufacturing the same - There are a camera module and a method for manufacturing the same. There is provided a camera module, including: a lens unit including at least one lens stacked along an optical axis; an autofocusing unit disposed on an object side of the lens unit and automatically controlling a focus of the lens unit; an image sensor unit receiving light incident through the lens unit; and at least one via formed in the lens unit to be penetrated in a thickness direction thereof for an electrical connection of the autofocusing unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170924 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a printed circuit board and a lens mounted on the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a main body having a regular rectangular shape, for example, and a marked portion formed on the main body. The main body has a first symmetrical axis lengthwise along the rectangular structure of the main body, and a second symmetrical axis perpendicular to the first symmetric axis. The marked portion is visible from the top or the bottom of the printed circuit board, which aids in the assembly of the printed circuit board. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170925 | PROTECTION DEVICE AND PROTECTION METHOD FOR OPTICAL NETWORK - Optical network protection devices and protection methods including: a working line; a protection line; a determination module configured to determine the protection type of optical network; a first judgment module configured to judge whether the working line is normal according to performance parameter values of service signal in the working line and switching conditions configured for multiplexing section protection when the protection type of optical network is the multiplexing section protection; a second judgment module, configured to judge whether the working line is normal according to performance parameter values of service signal in the working line and switching conditions configured for channel section protection when the protection type of optical network is the channel section protection; a switching module, configured to take the service signal in the protection line as an output signal when working line is abnormal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170926 | MONITORING SYSTEM EMPLOYING CARRIER RECOVERY - The present disclosure provides a system, apparatus and method to provide for monitoring of characteristics of optical signals, as part of wavelength division multiplexed signals for example, transmitted over a network infrastructure. The characteristics of each optical signal may be monitored and maintained at desired values in order to optimize system performance. A system including a coherent detector, as part of a coherent receiver for example, may be employed to associate each transmitted optical signal with a modulated source. Control signals generated by the system can then be provided to elements of the modulated source to control characteristics, such as optical power, optical frequency, and optical phase, for example, of the transmitted optical signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170927 | Circuits, Architectures, Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Merging of Management and Data Signals, and for Recovery of a Management Signal - An optical and/or optoelectrical transceiver and system are disclosed that enable parallel transmission of data and management signals via an optical fiber without affecting data signal transmissions transmitted on the optical fiber. Furthermore, the present transceiver and system provide a fault diagnosis function for an optical fiber link. The transceiver and system generally comprise an interface, an intersecting transmission management unit, a driver, a management signal driving unit, an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, an amplifier, a management signal recovery unit, a management unit, and optionally, a power supply unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170928 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE VARIABLE DELAYER - An optical transmitter is provided for transmitting a wavelength multiplexed signal comprising an intensity modulation optical signal and a phase modulation optical signal through a transmission line. The optical transmitter includes a bit time difference given signal generator for generating at least two optical signals having a bit time difference therebetween, from the wavelength multiplexed signal. The optical transmitter further includes a wavelength multiplexed signal output unit to which at least two optical signals are input from the bit time difference given signal generator, and which generates and outputs a wavelength multiplexed signal in which the bit time difference was given between the phase modulation optical signal and the phase modulation optical signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170929 | Apparatus And Method For Monitoring An Optical Coherent Network - An example method determines at an optical network monitoring device whether a value for at least one parameter that characterizes an optical signal which traverses a link of an optical coherent network is above a corresponding threshold and sets an alarm indicator when the value is larger than the corresponding threshold. The at least one corresponding parameter is at least one of polarization mode dispersion, polarization dependent loss and chromatic dispersion. An example method may obtains the optical signal from the link of the coherent optical network and determines the value for the at least one parameter, which may entail calculating the value based on the optical signal and filter coefficients of a filter that can be utilized to compensate the optical signal. In another embodiment, the value for the at least one parameter is received from a monitoring unit that determined the value from the optical signal | 2012-07-05 |
20120170930 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING DEVIATION OF WAVELENGTH - A wavelength selective switch includes an input port and an output port, a wavelength demultiplexer that demultiplexes wavelength-multiplexed signal light into wavelengths in different optical paths, an optical-path controller that controls an array that has a plurality of switch elements, the plurality of switch elements switching all or a part of the wavelengths to be coupled from the input port to the output port, and an actuator driver that shifts the plurality of switch elements, based on a deviation of a center wavelength of a pass band from a reference wavelength. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCAL OPTIMIZATION OF AN OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - Consistent with the present disclosure, an optical receiver is paired with an optical transmitter in a transceiver card or module, for example. During normal operation, the optical transmitter supplies optical signals for downstream transmission on a first optical communication path, and the optical receiver receives additional optical signals from a second optical communication path. During a transmitter monitoring mode (or “loopback”), however, when monitoring of transmitter parameters is desired, an optical switch directs the output or portion thereof from the transmitter to the receiver. The receiver may then supply monitoring data or information to a control or processor circuit, which, in turn, may supply control signals to the transmitter. In response to such control signals, the performance of the transmitter may be optimized, for example, by reducing BER and/or OSNR to a desired level. The switch is then configured to block transmission of the transmitter output or portion and normal operation is commenced. Thus, consistent with the present disclosure, an optical receiver is provided to detect optical signals inbound on one optical communication path during normal operation is also used to receive optical signals directly from the transmitter during the monitoring mode. Accordingly, a dedicated monitoring receiver is not required and the system is rendered less expensive, power consumption may be minimized and space may be conserved. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170932 | Apparatus And Method For Scheduling On An Optical Ring Network - An example method includes receiving at a scheduling server status information concerning at least one transmit queue for a plurality of optical pass-through switches (OptSws). A schedule for transmissions to take place is determined based on the status information for the OptSws. A control message is forwarded to the plurality of OptSws in order that the schedule may be implemented. In an embodiment, a schedule is determined for a wavelength available to transmit a transmission by removing unsupportable transmissions from a candidate transmission list, determining a first transmission that is the one of the transmissions of the candidate transmission list which most preferably satisfies a given parameter, updating a usage list to reflect determination of the first transmission; and replacing the candidate transmission list with the residue set of the first transmission. The usage list reflects transmissions determined by the scheduler. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170933 | CORE-SELECTIVE OPTICAL SWITCHES - An optical device includes a substrate with first and second arrays of optical couplers located along a planar surface thereof. The optical couplers of the first array are laterally arranged along the surface to end-couple in a one-to-one manner to corresponding optical cores of a first multi-core fiber whose end is facing and adjacent to the first array. The optical couplers of the second array of optical couplers are laterally arranged along the surface to end-couple in a one-to-one manner to corresponding optical fiber cores of one or more optical fiber ends facing and adjacent to the second array. An optical switch network is optically connected to selectively couple some of the optical couplers of the first array to the optical couplers of the second array in a one-to-one manner. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170934 | Methods for Determining Energy Efficient Optical Routes - An optical network includes multiple source, cross connect, and destination nodes. A traffic demand matrix is constructed for each possible pair of combinations of the source nodes and the destination nodes. A first energy reduction metric is determined for creating the bypass between the source node and any XC node based on the traffic demand matrix, and a second energy reduction metric is determined for creating the bypass between any XC node and the destination node using the traffic demand matrix. Then, a bypass that terminates at one of the XC nodes that has a largest energy reduction metric is created. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING AN UNDERWATER OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The systems and methods described herein provide a reconfigurable, long-range, optical modem-based underwater communication network. In particular, the network provides a low power, low cost, and easy to deploy underwater optical communication system capable of being operated at long distances. Optical modem-based communication offer high data rate, omni-directional spatial communication in the visual spectrum. The omni-directional aspect of communication is advantageous because precise alignment of communication units may not be required. The optical modems may be deployed via unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and physically connected by tethers. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170936 | DYNAMIC HITLESS RESIZING IN OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS - The invention relates to techniques for controlling a dynamic hitless resizing in data transport networks. According to a method aspect of the invention, a network connection comprises M tributary slots defined in a payload area of a higher order transport scheme of the data transport network and the method comprises the steps of receiving a connection resize control signal at each of the nodes along the path of the network connection; adding at each node along the path in response to the connection resize control signal a second set of N tributary slots to the first set of the M tributary slots, such that the network connection comprises M+N tributary slots; and increasing, after M+N tributary slots are available for the network connection at each node along the path, a transport data rate of the network connection. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170937 | VARIABLE CHANNEL SPACING IN A COHERENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a transmission system, apparatus and method to provide for variable channel spacing in multiplexed or combined optical signals for transmission over a network infrastructure. The channel spacing may be monitored and maintained at desired values in order to maximize the channel density under various conditions related to the network infrastructure. The individual carrier frequencies associated with each signal channel of the transmission system may be individually controlled to define the desired channel. The channel spacing may be altered to provide for higher channel densities increasing system capacity, or to provide for lower channel densities improving the overall reach of the transmission system. The channel spacing may be continuously monitored and maintained at desired values allowing for rapid and automated reconfiguration of the transmission system, which may result in maximized capacity and reduced costs. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCAL OPTIMIZATION OF AN OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - Consistent with the present disclosure, an optical receiver is paired with an optical transmitter in a transceiver card or module, for example. During normal operation, the optical transmitter supplies optical signals for downstream transmission on a first optical communication path, and the optical receiver receives additional optical signals from a second optical communication path. During a transmitter monitoring mode (or “loopback”), however, when monitoring of transmitter parameters is desired, an optical switch directs the output or portion thereof from the transmitter to the receiver. The receiver may then supply monitoring data or information to a control or processor circuit, which, in turn, may supply control signals to the transmitter. In response to such control signals, the performance of the transmitter may be optimized, for example, by reducing BER and/or OSNR to a desired level. The switch is then configured to block transmission of the transmitter output or portion and normal operation is commenced. Thus, consistent with the present disclosure, an optical receiver is provided to detect optical signals inbound on one optical communication path during normal operation is also used to receive optical signals directly from the transmitter during the monitoring mode. Accordingly, a dedicated monitoring receiver is not required and the system is rendered less expensive, power consumption may be minimized and space may be conserved. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170939 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASYNCHRONOUS LAMP IDENTIFICATION - The invention relates to embedding data into a luminance output generated by an illumination system comprising a light source and a controller. The controller is configured to embed data by modulating a drive signal applied to the light source with an information signal comprising a shifted base code and a synchronization code. The synchronization code serves to provide synchronization for the receiver, while the shifted base code serves to carry the embedded data. A cyclic phase shift that is applied to a base code to generate the shifted base code corresponds to particular data, such as, for example, light source identification, that needs to be embedded into the luminance output of the illumination system. In this manner, data may be embedded into the luminance output generated by a light source without requiring synchronization of this light source with other light sources. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170940 | OPTICAL FIBER HUB INCLUDING OPTICAL BOOSTER AMPLIFIER - An optical fiber hub includes an upstream interface for inputting a laser beam, an optical booster amplifier, a splitting element, and N downstream interfaces. The optical booster amplifier is optically communicated with the upstream interface, and configured for amplifying the laser beam. The splitting element is optically communicated with the optical booster amplifier, and configured for splitting the amplified laser beam into N laser beams. The N downstream interfaces are optically communicated with the splitting element. Each of the N downstream interfaces is configured for outputting one of the N laser beams, wherein N is an integer which is equal to or greater than 2. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170941 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER IC - A power management arrangement for low power optical transceiver such as those that may be integrated into a personal computer or server may periodically put itself into a power conservation or sleep mode which assures the transceiver is available upon wake-up. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170942 | ALL SILICON 750NM AND CMOS-BASED OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING MOD-E AVALANCHE LEDS - An optical communication system is provided comprising of a three terminal silicon based light emitting device operating by means of avalanche carrier multiplication and emitting at the below threshold wavelength detection range for Silicon of 850 nm; a low loss optical waveguide operating in the below threshold wavelength detection range for Silicon of 850 nm; and an optical detector, wherein a complete and all-silicon optical communication system is formed being capable of transferring electrical signals in terms of optical intensity variations, such intensities then being propagated through the waveguide and being detected by the optical detector; and being converted back to electrical signals. In a particular mode of operation of the system, wavelength modulation may be obtained. In other applications, transponding action and optical amplification may be obtained. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170943 | Configuring optical launch powers in optical fiber transmission lines - A method includes transmitting optical signals through a heterogeneous sequence of spans of an all-optical transmission line. Each span has an optical transmission fiber connected to an optical amplifier. Each amplifier launches the signals into a sequential remainder of the line. The transmitting includes launching the optical signals into the highest loss fibers with substantially equal average optical launch powers or operating the spans with the highest loss fibers to have substantially equal quality products. The average optical launch powers are substantially equal to the inverse of a sum of (1−T | 2012-07-05 |
20120170944 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - There is provided an optical receiver. The optical receiver includes a board to be coupled with an optical transmission line array, an optical diode array disposed on the board, and the optical diode array including a plurality of photo diodes each of which receives light from a corresponding optical transmission line in the optical transmission array. Further bias suppliers, conversion circuits, and capacitors are provided on the board or a real side of the board. Each of the photo diodes includes a first electrode and second electrodes, the first electrode receives a bias voltage supplied by a bias supplier, a current signal flowing through the second electrode is converted by a conversion circuit into a voltage signal, and one end of a capacitor is coupled to the first electrode and the other is grounded. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170945 | DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION SPLITTER - Methods and systems for splitting an initiated signal are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a transmitter configured to selectively transmit an initiated signal, and a signal splitter in communication with the transmitter. The signal splitter may be configured to selectively split the initiated signal into a plurality of recipient signals for a plurality of recipient lines in communication with the transmitter. The signal splitter may be configured to selectively modify a number of recipient signals, e.g., by adjusting a spot size of the initiated signal on the signal splitter. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170946 | TRANSLATION OF RAW FORMATTED INFRARED CODES - A method of translating raw formatted IR codes to discrete formatted IR codes. A raw formatted IR message representing an IR code can be detected. The IR message can include a raw formatted device ID including a first series of IR pulses and a raw formatted command ID including a second series of IR pulses. The IR message can be encoded into a definition that defines the first and second series of pulses contained in the IR message. Encoded data corresponding to the device ID and the command ID can be identified. The encoded data corresponding to the device ID can be matched to a particular device to identify a discrete formatted device ID. The encoded data corresponding to the command ID can be matched to a particular command to identify a discrete formatted command ID. The discrete formatted device ID and the discrete formatted command ID can be stored. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170947 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING LIGHT USING MULTIPLE LIGHT RECEIVING SENSORS - In an apparatus and method for receiving light using multiple light receiving sensors, a light receiving apparatus includes a light receiving unit comprising multiple light receiving sensors to receive an optical signal; an analyzing unit to extract a highlighted area; a light receiving controlling unit to activate a first light receiving sensor corresponding to the highlighted area, and to determine the first light receiving sensor to be a part of a first sensor group; and a data processing unit to demodulate an optical signal received by the first sensor group into data. A method for receiving an optical signal including extracting a highlighted area; activating a light receiving sensor corresponding to the highlighted area; receiving light through the first light receiving sensor; grouping the first light receiving sensor into a first sensor group; and demodulating an optical signal received by the first sensor group into data. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170948 | Developing device including toner concentration sensor and image forming apparatus including the developing device - A developing device using a two-component developing agent including a toner and a carrier. The developing device includes a toner concentration sensor which detects a concentration of a toner contained in the developing agent within the accommodation unit by using electrostatic capacity. The toner concentration sensor includes a frame combined with a housing that forms the accommodation unit, a measuring groove formed in the frame to be concave with respect to an inner surface of the housing so that the developing agent conveyed by the agitator is flowed into the measuring groove, and a pair of opposite electrodes disposed on the measuring groove. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170949 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER REPLENISHING METHOD - An image forming apparatus, comprising, an exposure portion to expose a surface of an image carrier to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device which includes an agitating roller to agitate developer, a developing roller to transfer toner of the developer on a surface of the image carrier and a toner concentration sensor to detect a toner concentration, said developing device developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier to form a toner image; a drive source to independently drive to rotate the developing roller and the agitating roller; and a control unit to control the drive source to change a rotational frequency of at least one of the developing roller and the agitating roller depending on the toner concentration detected by the toner concentration sensor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170950 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus is provided with a measuring device, which measures multi-colors in a multi-color toner image formed on a recording sheet that is output from the image forming apparatus. Based on the measured multi-colors, the image forming apparatus estimates an output value of each one of primary color toner images that constitute the multi-color toner image, and corrects an image forming condition of each one of the primary color toner images based on comparison between the estimated output value of the primary color toner image and a target value of the primary color toner image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170951 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a latent image bearing member, a charger to evenly charge a surface of the latent image bearing member, an electrostatic latent image forming device to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the latent image bearing member, a developing device to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image using toner, a transfer bias application device to apply a transfer bias to an image transfer area where the latent image bearing member faces a recording medium, a pre-transfer neutralizing device to reduce an electric potential at a portion on the surface of the latent image bearing member, a surface electric potential detector to detect an electric potential at the surface of the latent image bearing member, and a radiation amount control device to control an amount of radiation from the pre-transfer neutralizing device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170952 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a control portion forms a restoring toner image (restoring toner band) at a position, in which the refreshing toner image overlaps with a control image with respect to a longitudinal direction of a secondary transfer roller, during post-rotation after image formation in an image forming job is completed. The restoring toner band is formed in a length corresponding to 3 full circumferences of the secondary transfer roller for one-sheet image forming job, 2 full circumferences of the secondary transfer roller for 5-sheet image forming job, and one full circumference of the secondary transfer roller for 10-sheet image forming job. In the case of an image forming job on 50 sheets or more, a lowering in cleaning performance of a secondary transfer member cleaning device for the secondary transfer roller is not caused to occur, so that the restoring toner band is not formed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170953 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ASSEMBLYING, DISASSEMBLYING REMANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A process cartridge comprises an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a drum unit, and a developing roller. The apparatus further comprises a developer supplying roller, and a developer accommodating portion accommodating the developer. A developing unit is swingably coupled with the drum unit and supporting the developing roller, the developer supplying roller, and the developer accommodating portion. A first-end developing-device spacing member is provided rotatably about an axis of a shaft at a first end portion of the developing unit to limit rotation of the developing unit relative to the drum unit to maintain spacing between the developing roller and the electrophotographic photosensitive drum. A second-end developing-device spacing member is provided rotatably about an axis of a shaft at a second end portion of the developing unit to limit rotation of the developing unit relative to the drum unit to maintain spacing between the developing roller and the electrophotographic photosensitive drum. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170954 | Developing Device, Process Cartridge and Image Forming Apparatus - A developing device includes: a first conveying unit provided within a developing agent storage chamber and that is configured to convey a developing agent from one end of the developing agent storage chamber to another end of the developing agent storage chamber in a longitudinal direction of a developing agent carrier that is disposed with in a developing chamber and to supply the developing agent from the developing agent storage chamber to the developing chamber; a second conveying unit provided within the developing chamber and that is configured to convey the developing agent from the other end of the developing chamber to the one end of the developing chamber in the longitudinal direction and to supply the developing agent toward a developing agent carrier; and a third conveying unit provided between the one end of the developing agent storage chamber and the one end of the developing chamber. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170955 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developer container for an image forming apparatus includes a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer to be supplied to the opening; a feeding member, provided in the developer accommodating chamber and having an elasticity, for feeding the developer by rotation thereof; a deforming portion, provided in the developer accommodating chamber and contactable to the feeding member, for deforming the feeding member against the elasticity with the rotation of the feeding member; and a restoration portion for permitting the feeding member deformed by the deformed portion to restore elastically, thereby to throw the developer toward the opening, wherein a boundary portion between the deformed portion the restoration portion is disposed below a lower end of the opening. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170956 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit configured to develop an electrostatic latent image to a visible image by use of toner, a fuser unit configured to fuse toner on a printing medium, a fuser driving unit configured to drive the fuser unit, and a waste toner storage unit configured to receive and store waste toner, which is generated from the developing unit, wherein the waste toner storage unit operates by receiving power from the fuser driving unit such that a separate driving unit for the waste toner storage unit is not required. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170957 | FUSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A fusing device and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The fusing device includes a position regulating device to regulate a position of a side frame which rotatably supports a fusing belt, thereby fixing a position of a fusing nip defined between the fusing belt, inside of which a heat source is placed, and a pressure roller arranged to face the fusing belt. The fusing device prevents shift of a recording medium delivery path due to deformation of the pressure roller. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170958 | FIXING BELT - Provided is a fixing belt which has high thermal conductivity capable of achieving an excellent fixing property that can respond to the recent increase in printing speed, which has a proper degree of elasticity such that color toners are sufficiently enveloped so as to be melted and mixed, and which has excellent mechanical strength and durability. A fixing belt includes a tubular base member, an elastic layer disposed on the outer circumferential side of the base member, and a surface layer disposed on a surface on the outer circumferential side of the elastic layer, the fixing belt being characterized in that the elastic layer is composed of rubber into which a filler primarily composed of silicon carbide powder and a carbon nanotube are compounded, and the formulae 10X+3Y<750, 3X+30Y>170, X>10, and Y>0.1 are satisfied, where X is the percent by volume of the filler and Y is the percent by volume of the carbon nanotube in the elastic layer. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170959 | Cassette Locking and Ejecting Arrangement - A label printer comprising a cassette-receiving bay, the cassette-receiving bay having a base, a top opening opposite the base, and a locking mechanism extending from said base, the locking mechanism having a locking part, the locking part being movable in a first direction and biased in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the locking part having one or more projections such that a force thereon directed towards the base causes the locking part to move in the first direction and wherein said locking part is biased to move in the second direction when the force is removed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170960 | Sheet Feeder And Image Forming Apparatus Incorporating Same - A sheet feeder attracts an uppermost sheet of a sheet stack of a plurality of stacked sheets, and feeds the sheet in a sheet feeding direction. The sheet feeder includes an endless belt, a charging device, and a control device. The endless belt is made of a dielectric material, passes over upstream and downstream rollers, and is disposed above the sheet stack to face the sheet stack. The charging device applies an alternating voltage to an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt to form thereon alternating charge patterns. The control device separately controls the respective rotation states of the upstream and downstream rollers to make a sheet contact surface of the endless belt go slack in sheet attraction and make the sheet contact surface of the endless belt taut with tension into a substantially flat surface in sheet conveyance. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170961 | System For Sampling A Heated Product - A system for sampling a heated product comprising a disposable first subassembly and a physically separate reusable second subassembly. Prior to use, the two subassemblies are able to form a rigid connection. As a result of forming this connection, a portion of an electric heating circuit is inserted into an interior space of an applicator head. After forming the connection, the first subassembly is broken, the electric heating circuit is turned on, and the applicator head is used to apply product. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170962 | Writing instrument or stylus appendage for attachment with a finger - A Writing Instrument or Stylus Appendage for Attachment with a Finger includes a finger retainer, a member retainer, and a stem. The finger retainer and the member retainer are connected to each other by a stem. The second distal end of the stem is rounded to form a ball-socket joint which enables the articulation of the apparatus in a variety of angles and positions. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170963 | DUAL-FUNCTIONAL COSMETIC BOTTLE - A dual-functional cosmetic bottle includes a bottle body having a first housing and an opening end at an upper portion thereof; a rotating cap having an eyelash brush inside, which can be inserted into the first housing and has a second housing inside; an extending tube extended from an upper portion of the rotating cap; and an eye-shadow pen inserted into the second housing and one end of the eye-shadow pen connected to an upper cap. In one embodiment, the bottle body can include the eyelash brush and the eye-shadow pen simultaneously, while including the first and second housings to store eyelash liquid and eye-shadow liquid respectively. Therefore, this dual-functional cosmetic bottle can include both eyelash brush and eye-shadow pen simultaneously, which is convenient and more portable for the user without carrying multiple bottles that may take more spaces. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170964 | Surfing Accessory Including Wax Comb and Fin Key - A surfing accessory includes a comb residing along a side of an accessory body. The accessory may include a hollow body for holding personal items, or may hold a portion of sun screen or surfboard wax released from the accessory body for use. The comb is shorter than the length of the accessory body and both ends of the accessory body reach to or past the ends of the comb. The accessory further includes a key for tightening a surfboard fin. The key is retractable into the accessory body or folds against the accessory body, and extends for use. A cord, tab, or strap is attached to the accessory body or cap for attaching to a surfboard leash, wet suit, or other feature. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170965 | APPLICATOR DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A COSMETICS APPLICATOR, APPLICATOR, IN PARTICULAR COSMETICS APPLICATOR COMPRISING AN APPLICATOR DEVICE, AND AN APPLICATION UNIT, IN PARTICULAR COSMETICS UNIT, COMPRISING THE APPLICATOR DEVICE - The invention relates to an applicator device comprising a carrier having an application organ covering, which includes a plurality of application organs. At least one application organ has, along its longitudinal extent, at least one first section closer to the carrier and at least one second section more distant from the carrier, and at least one section of the application organ has a curved central longitudinal axis. Central longitudinal axes or their end tangents of the first and second sections, in a transitional zone from the first to the second section, converge in at least one projection onto a sectional plane through the application organ so as to form a bend. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170966 | WRITING IMPLEMENT WITH STORAGE ENCLOSURE - A writing implement with storage enclosure disclosed is adapted for attaching to a surface of, or being integrated with, a range of objects for convenient access. The writing implement is length-compressible for compact retention in an associated storage enclosure, and extendable for greater ease of use. Retained in the storage enclosure, the top of the writing implement is flush, or nearly flush with the opening of the storage enclosure. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170967 | Toothbrush with Internal Toothbrush Dispenser - A toothbrush for dispensing toothpaste from a main body or removable cartridge to one or more openings proximate bristles on the toothpaste head. The toothbrush includes a main body which is adapted to receive a disposable cartridge, a brush head, a neck, and a pumping system. The neck and an adapter connect the head to the main body. The pumping system comprises a spring-loaded pump system for forcing toothpaste stored in the housing or disposable cartridge through a fluid passage way to the head. A piercing tube or straw is used to pierce the tight plastic seal of the disposable cartridge. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170968 | BINDING ASSEMBLY - A binder assembly for receiving and retaining articles and that includes a cover comprising a spine portion and at least one cover leaf portion and a first binder element and a second binder element comprising a plurality of first and second retaining fingers, respectively. The first and second binding elements are moveable between 1) an open position wherein articles are permitted to be removed from or mounted to the binder assembly, and 2) a closed position wherein articles mounted to the binder assembly are prevented from being removed. The binder assembly further includes an elongated retainer/lock constructed to releasably attach to the first and second binding elements in the closed position thereof with the spine portion of the cover therebetween for locking the first and second binding elements in the closed position and securing the first and second binding elements to the spine portion of the cover. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170969 | Ball Joint - The invention relates to a ball joint, including a joint housing having a recess, a ball stud having a ball head, a sealing bellows having a sealing seat on the housing side and a sealing seat on the stud side in the form of a bellows mouth which is adapted to be brought into contact with the ball stud, a bellows body of the sealing bellows extending between the sealing seat on the housing side and the bellows mouth, and further including a joint socket, the ball head being accommodated for swiveling motion within the joint socket, and the joint socket being inserted in the recess of the joint housing. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170970 | FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE PART - A flexible endoscope part including an operation member pulling operated to curve a flexible part, a plurality of joint rings connected substantially coaxially to be pivot-able in relation to each other, each the joint rings have an opening part and an engagement part, and an operation-member receiving unit which is inserted into the opening part from outside to inside in the radial direction of the joint ring, is formed by performing bending process on an elastic wire material, is protruded into inside of the joint ring, wherein the operation-member insertion part forms a coil shape which extends in an insertion direction of the operation member. | 2012-07-05 |